Susan Slept Here

Susan Slept Here is a 1954 American romantic comedy film starring Dick Powell in his last film role and Debbie Reynolds. Shot in Technicolor, the film was based on the play of the same name by Steve Fisher and Alex Gottlieb. The films plotline was later used again by director Frank Tashlin for 1962s Bachelor Flat.

Vice Squad Sergeant Sam Hanlon Herb Vigran brings seventeenyearold Susan Landis Reynolds to Marks luxurious apartment. Susan had been abandoned by her mother and was arrested for vagrancy and hitting a sailor over the head with a beer bottle. Not wanting to keep her in jail over the holidays and aware that Mark was interested in writing a script about juvenile delinquency, the kindhearted cop decides to bend the rules much to the disapproval of his partner. Hanlon suggests that Susan stay with Mark until her arraignment the day after Christmas.Mark is naturally appalled, but is eventually persuaded to take the girl in. This doesnt go over too well with his longtime fiance, Isabella Alexander Anne Francis, the demanding daughter of a U.S. Senator. Isabellas jealousy grows when Susan develops a crush on Mark. Marks secretary Maude Snodgrass Glenda Farrell, his best friend Virgil Alvy Moore, and his lawyer Harvey Butterworth Les Tremayne, do their best to keep the situation under control. ........

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